Review Should Focus On The Music

February 14, 1996|The Morning Call

To the Editor:

We attended the Feb. 2 Bush concert at Stabler Arena. We were shocked and disappointed by some of the comments in the review published on Feb. 5. We have both attended many concerts at Stabler, and agree that Bush's performance was by far the most outstanding.

The review focused solely on lead singer Gavin Rossdale. Rossdale, who was obviously enjoying the performance, was criticized as having a "manufactured connection to his material" who perhaps "got into the business to meet chicks." We hope that this assumption was the last resort after finding no flaws in the musical part of the performance. Maybe the reviewer should have actually reviewed the music instead of attacking Rossdale's character. After all, most of us go to concerts for the music, not the lead singer's connection to his material.